Upcoming Events

*Was known as Roadmaps to Language Development for Children with Obstacles in the Road: Birth to 5*
This presentation will assist professionals who work with young children who have severe disabilities to approach assessments and communication skills from a functional skills approach. Various communication assessment tools for this population will be shared so that participants will come away with resources they can use to properly assess, plan, and deliver a program for their students. This includes tactile communication options and strategies. Understanding the building blocks of communication, the selection of appropriate communication systems and programming for individual success will be key points. Video clips showing how communication strategies are implemented will be shown. A list of assessment instruments will be provided.

Learn about how, when, and why ongoing assessment of students with hearing loss is important and how to select assessment tools for progress monitoring. Participants will have the opportunity learn how to administer several assessments pertaining to language and vocabulary.

This workshop will focus on tracking and teaching the sequence of early, expanding and complex language development using the Bloom & Lahey model and the CASLLS Scales. Applications to manual and spoken communication are discussed. $5.00 fee to cover cost of CASLLS forms.

Now in its eighteenth year, the Carolina Summer Institute has provided training in the principles and practice of Listening and Spoken Language Therapy to hundreds of professionals from around the world. Registration opens 2/1/2015